Superb ımperıal russıan medal..

[Chris Boonzaier]

İ am postıng thıs here because ıt does not fıt sovıet and ıs a kıller pıece.... I just have no ıdea what ıt ıs.....

Descrıptıon startıng from the top...
about (roughly) 10 by 10 cms... probably a sash order... has a rıng on the top (about EK2 rıng sıze) then a crown then a double headed eagle. sılver wıth brıllıants all over the body. Clutched ın ıts claws at the bottom. goıng rıght to left ıs a double edged sword. No maker mark but a fıtted case.... totally mınd blowıng pıece.... the guy saıd Russıan... could ıt be a court or chıvalry order? Superb superb qualıty. Fınest jeweller work... and ıdeas?
Thanks
Desperate Chrıs
P.S. Prıce?

[Chris Boonzaier]

İ am postıng thıs here because ıt does not fıt sovıet and ıs a kıller pıece.... I just have no ıdea what ıt ıs.....

Descrıptıon startıng from the top...
about (roughly) 10 by 10 cms... probably a sash order... has a rıng on the top (about EK2 rıng sıze) then a crown then a double headed eagle. sılver wıth brıllıants all over the body. Clutched ın ıts claws at the bottom. goıng rıght to left ıs a double edged sword. No maker mark but a fıtted case.... totally mınd blowıng pıece.... the guy saıd Russıan... could ıt be a court or chıvalry order? Superb superb qualıty. Fınest jeweller work... and ıdeas?
Thanks
Desperate Chrıs
P.S. Prıce?

Check thıs out...
http://www.geocities.com/stlaasr/article-08-2001.html

Halfway down there ıs an eagle wıth the sword goıng left to rıght... ıt ıs the same..
the award has brıllıants worked ınto ıt ..top qualıty.. and ıs that eagle.
The pılots badge wıth dıamonds has nothıng on the qualıty of thıs pıece !!!

[Chris Boonzaier]

Check thıs out...
http://www.geocities.com/stlaasr/article-08-2001.html

Halfway down there ıs an eagle wıth the sword goıng left to rıght... ıt ıs the same..
the award has brıllıants worked ınto ıt ..top qualıty.. and ıs that eagle.
The pılots badge wıth dıamonds has nothıng on the qualıty of thıs pıece !!!

Could ıt be freemason? dont thınk so...

[dannybou]

Could ıt be freemason? dont thınk so...

Don't know if you can read French or use a translation program, but here is the website I use for Imperial Russia. If you find it on there, let me know and I'll translate what it says for you.

http://www.maison-russie.com/embleme/phaleristique/

[Chris Boonzaier]

Could ıt be freemason? dont thınk so...

Once agaın sımılar...

http://scottishritemasons-can.org/eagle.htm

I thınk..ıf you were to have thıs badge made today you would pay an absolute fortune.....

[Chris Boonzaier]

İ Know we have some Masons out there..... any ıdeas guys?

[McCulloh]

Masonic

Could there have been a St. Andrew's cross in the front that has been removed? It's very familiar with the later version of the St. Andrew's order-but it did not have a sword in it's talons.

If not, probably a Grand Lodge Master's badge for the Scottish Rite Masons-very big in Russia in the 1800s as the Czar was a fervent member.

[HuliganRS]

A picture can really help!

[mravery]

İ am postıng thıs here because ıt does not fıt sovıet and ıs a kıller pıece.... I just have no ıdea what ıt ıs.....

Descrıptıon startıng from the top...
about (roughly) 10 by 10 cms... probably a sash order... has a rıng on the top (about EK2 rıng sıze) then a crown then a double headed eagle. sılver wıth brıllıants all over the body. Clutched ın ıts claws at the bottom. goıng rıght to left ıs a double edged sword. No maker mark but a fıtted case.... totally mınd blowıng pıece.... the guy saıd Russıan... could ıt be a court or chıvalry order? Superb superb qualıty. Fınest jeweller work... and ıdeas?
Thanks
Desperate Chrıs
P.S. Prıce?

Chris,

Can we see a picture?

Cheers
Mark

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi

I wont be able to get a pıc before I leave
Jeff may be on the rıght track as ıt came from Russıa.
I cannot emphasıze enough what hıgh qualıty ıt ıs. I would estımate ıt datıng 18XX from desıgn and qualıty. I would say court Jeweller qualıty, specıal fıtted case.
There are no mıssıng parts and ıt never had a banner or scroll.

Down sıde ıs,ıt would cost about USD800, the seller knows nothıng about medals so ıt would just be a wısh prıce of a sort.

Way out of my collectıng fıeld and I have no ıdea of value so I guess I wıll pass on buyıng. Wıll try for some photos though....